There will be no Worthenbury Festival this year, however the good news is that the Worthenbury team have lined up a superb bill of summer gigs for the village hall. Sat 15th June – Dave Kelly Fri 12th Jul – Rory Ellis Fri 30 Aug – Li’l Jimmy Reed Please note the mistake in the [...]

Here’s  a list of forthcoming gigs in the Kings Head in Carlisle on Thursday nights this coming summer. There are loads of excellent artists coming up and combined with excellent beer in the venue that equals a good time. 23 May 2013 – Jon Amor 30 May 2013 – TBC 06 June 2013 – Bowden [...]

A quick reminder – just over the ‘border’ from our area – for the Hebden Bridge Blues Festival in Yorkshire, 24th-26th May. Full details to be found here: www.yorkshirebluesfestival.co.uk Here’s the excellent Northsyde, one of a host of bands and solo performers to be caught over the weekend. http://youtu.be/1DNcl8n1yRs

Tuesday, 25th June: Menai Bridge, Anglesey – The Victoria Hotel Thursday 27th June:  Liverpool - Johnny’s Blues Club @ Liverpool Marina The best performing songwriters, the ones who sound like they really mean what they’re singing about, tend to come from areas known for hard times and hard work. Like say, Perth-Andover, a rural blue-collar village [...]

Friday, 17th May – free entry before 9 pm, £4 after Inspired by the Blues, infused with a hard hitting, “in-yer-face” rock approach and topped-off by virtuoso musicianship, Ben Poole is being talked of as “the” new up-and-coming UK Blues guitarist; one of the finest to have emerged in Europe for years. Having already played [...]

Wednesday, 29th May – Free entry How do you pigeonhole someone who has played, studied and shared stages with US blues guitar master Woody Mann; Australian classical guitar maestro Craig Ogden; Indian slide guitar genius Debashish Bhattacharya; and UK pedal steel king BJ Cole? – A performance by Tom Doughty seamlessly blends all these influences with his [...]

The weather forecast for the weekend is pretty poor but this should not concern you at all. The great news is that the Bangor on Dee Festival this weekend has a full, large comfortable marquee to keep you dry and warm. Great music, great food, drinks-a-plenty and the finest of crowds.  What more do you [...]

Sunday, 12th May, 2013 http://youtu.be/86GWauznPxc The powerful American blues rocker guitarist Ryan McGarvey plays True Blues Club next Sunday, 12th May. Further details are promised on the website: www.truebluesclub.com

Thursday, 16th May, 2013 at 8.30pm Garstang Unplugged, The Kenlis Arms, Ray Lane, Barnacre, Garstang, PR3 1GD In the grand tradition of ‘The Special Relationship’, State Of The Union combines the talents of America and England, producing an end result that is sure to delight fans of hook-laden songs, fiery and emotional guitar playing and [...]

http://youtu.be/fKBBE8E3Ucc Only one date in the region. Friday,  10th May Acoustic Tearoom Kirkby Stephen Cumbria http://www.acoustictearoom.com/ http://www.brookswilliams.com/

Alex McKown – recently nominated for a British Blues Award 2013 – appears at the Burnley Blues Festival on Sunday with world-class saxophonist Simon Peat. The afternoon  show takes place at the Lava Ignite night club, Burnley and starts at  2pm. Also on the bill is Snake Water and Adam Irving. Just £2 and drinks [...]

**REMINDER** Word just in from Pete Evans is that tickets still remain for this cracking looking festival. NB: Marcus Bonfanti & Paddy Milner have now been replaced by The Spikedrivers. Check the link for all details. Official flyer for the forthcoming Bangor-on-Dee Blues & Real Ale Festival – full details here: www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/index.php/2013/01/19/bangor-on-dee-blues-real-ale-festival

If you are in Manchester city centre or Salford 5-8pm Fridays, why not drop into the Salford Arms? A great friendly pub, with excellent food available, and there will be Dave Taylor playing piano and singing some blues, boogie, rock ‘n ‘roll, country, soul and pop. Always a great time, and every Friday 5pm- 8pm [...]

Wednesday, 22nd May, 2013 – Doors 8 pm: Show 8.45 pm Firm Liverpool favourite Hamilton Loomis returns to Garston Royal British Legion with his wonderful all-American band, which now features double Grammy award winning saxophonist and keyboard player, Fabian Hernandez, together with Kent Beatty on bass guitar, and Raul Armando Aussenac on drums. Hamilton and [...]

The Billy Walton Band are doing a UK tour in May and had a cancellation at one of the venues. They asked if they could get a last minute gig in Carlisle. Tickets will be available at The Calva Bar at the start of May. He did a cracking gig at The Brickyard last year [...]

Some further pub gig dates announced for The Chess Masters Blues Band.  This is the band that are set to support Top Topham from the original line up of the Yardbirds on festival and theatre dates from May 25th in the UK and throughout Europe. The dates are: Thursday 25th April – The Cross Axes, [...]